Read & Reflect

The psalmist in today’s text expresses humble gratitude and contentment that can serve as a model for our own prayers of gratitude.

Psalm 16

¹ Preserve me, O God, for in you I take refuge.

² I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord;  I have no good apart from you.”

³ As for the saints in the land, they are the excellent ones,  in whom is all my delight.

⁴ The sorrows of those who run after another god shall multiply;  their drink offerings of blood I will not pour out  or take their names on my lips.

⁵ The Lord is my chosen portion and my cup;  you hold my lot.

⁶ The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance.

⁷ I bless the Lord who gives me counsel; in the night also my heart instructs me.

⁸ I have set the Lord always before me;  because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken.

⁹ Therefore my heart is glad, and my whole being rejoices;  my flesh also dwells secure.

¹⁰ For you will not abandon my soul to Sheol,  or let your holy one see corruption.

¹¹ You make known to me the path of life;  in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.